State all evidentiary facts, other than legal argument upon which you base your
allegation contained in paragraph 8 of the Complaint that the concept of a
"State" is thus condemned as the institutionalization of violence, and the
political philosophy which justifies the existence of this violence is contrary to your
religion.

God commands us not to kidnap. We use the State to enslave through conscription and
imprisonment.

What distinguishes the State from private citizens is its claim to sin with impunity.

Historically, this claim is without foundation. God created man
to do the "works of mercy"[3] in a family-centered society.
Men left the family not out of necessity, but to pursue their lusts in violation of God's
Law. The Biblical record shows that God nowhere commanded men to form a State; the state
is the instrument through which rebels violate God's Law. These arguments were set forth
in the California Petition, Appendix A,
"Petitioner's Religious Views," especially at note 23.

Christianity began to dominate in the Middle Ages. But after the
"Enlightenment," Secularism triumphed, reaching its apex in the 20th century. During this century's reign of Secularism, over 180 million people
worldwide have been murdered (deliberately killed) by secular governments.[6]
Here are 180 million reasons to condemn the State, and any philosophy which justifies this
killing or uses it to win an election is anti-Christian.

Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek
was also a defender of what he called "spontaneous order." See generally, his
The Mirage of Social Justice, volume II of Law, Legislation, and Liberty,
published by the University of Chicago Press, 1976. See also J. Birner, ed., Hayek:
Co-Ordination and Evolution, 1994.

Unfortunately, Christians have not frequently spoken in defense of
"anarchism." One exception is Jacques Ellul, Professor of Law at the University
of Bordeaux, France, in Anarchy and Christianity (1988). [Back to text.]

(5) The Bible is critical of the State and institutionalized
violence from cover to cover. Its rhetoric is almost unremittingly strident and defiant.
But the Bible also commands us not to return violence to the State for its violence. These
commands to "submit" to the wrongs of the State have historically been
understood by many Christians to justify the existence of the State. This is tragically
erroneous. When Jesus says "turn the other cheek," He is not saying that hitting
people is morally legitimate! [Back to text.]